No results until at least Wednesday in Columbia School Board race involving six write-in candidates

Results from today’s hotly contested Columbia School Board race will not be tallied until Wednesday at the earliest.

Six write-in candidates are seeking two seats on the board.

Jackson County Elections Director Colleen Garety said write-in votes are not counted on Election Night. The Board of Canvassers meets at 1 p.m. Wednesday, she said, and she is recommending that the Columbia results be counted first.

There were 1,534 write-in votes cast in the election.

Candidates are: Kyle Bamm, Jodi Collins, Troy Davenport, Shawn Martin, Amy Miller and Judith Whiteman. All except Whiteman are parents at the soon-to-close Miller Elementary School and have criticized how school officials handled the situation. Many district residents have said school leaders didn’t communicate with the public before making the decision.